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1934
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NUMBER 188

Washington, Friday, September 26, 1941
Rules, Regulations, Orders
and shall be maintained at or above that temperature for the last 6 hours of such treatment.
TITLE 7AGRICULTURE
While no specifications as to the exact methods and equipment for obtaining CHAPTER IIIBUREAU OP ENTO
these conditions are prescribed, the air MOLOGY AND PLANT QUARAN
within the room shall be maintained at TINE
the temperature and under the humidity B.E.P.Q. 472 revised 1.
conditions required by the supervising P art 301D omestic Q uarantine N otices inspector. Available information clearly indicates that by the application of dry MEXICAN FRUITFLY TREATMENTS
heat the required temperatures cannot AUTHORIZED
be reached without injury to the fruit.
Introductory note. This revision of To prevent such injury it is necessary circular B.E.P.Q. 472 has the twofold to maintain a very high humidity purpose of bringing the citations of au throughout the period of treatment. In thority into line with the current regu the tests where successful performance lations of the Mexican fruitfly quaran was obtained, live steam as the source of tine, and of providing authorization for heat was applied in such a way as to the low-temperature method of sterili secure as nearly as possible a uniform zation for the Mexican fruitfly for those distribution of steam-heated air so di in the citrus-fruit industry in Texas who rected as not to discharge directly on desire to employ that method. Of the the fruit. The air temperature ranged two heat-treatment methods authorized from 110 to 112 P. and the air was very in the previous issue of the circular, only moist. The fruit was held in field boxes one is in current use, and authorization stacked four boxes high and without for this treatment as specified below is special means of separating the boxes in therefore continued with no change in each stack. The experiments indicate method, other than the recommendation that the fruit should be sterilized after that in the use of wax or paraffine, appli coloring, if this is necessary, and before cations of such material be made only packing for shipment, and then cooled after sterilization.
down to a temperature around 45 F.
as soon as possible after sterilizing.
301.64-4a Administrative instruc tions; treatm ent of grapefruit and Wax or paraffine, either dry or in solu oranges for the Mexican fruitfly. Pur tion, should not be applied to this fruit suant to the authority conferred upon the before sterilization.
Chief of the Bureau of Entomology and b Low-temperature m e t h o d . 1
Plant Quarantine by 301.64-4 e, Cooling until the approximate center of Chapter III, Title 7, Code of Federal Reg the fruit reaches a temperature of 33 P.
ulations regulation 4 of the regulations and holding the fruit at or below that third revision supplemental to Notice of temperature for a period of 18 days.
Quarantine No. 64, the Mexican fruitfly 2 Cooling until the approximate quarantine, the methods of steriliza center of the fruit reaches a temperature tion specified below are hereby author of 34 P. and holding the fruit at or below ized, effective September 25, 1941, as a that temperature for a period of 20 days.
condition of the issuance of permits for 3 Cooling until the approximate interstate movement of grapefruit and center of the fruit reaches a temperature oranges, of 35 P. and holding the fruit at or a Vapor-heat method. Heating the below that temperature for a period of fruit for a period of not less th a n -14
22 days.
hours during which time the fruit shall Such treatments as specified in para be raised to a temperature of 110 P.
graphs a and b above are authorized at the approximate center of the fruit in sterilization or refrigeration plants in the regulated area which are approved 1 Superseding P.Q.CA. 329 and 330.
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by the Bureau of Entomology and Plant
CONTENTS
RULES, REGULATIONS, ORDERS
T itle 7 A griculture :

Bureau of Entomology a n d Plant Quarantine:
Mexican fruitfly, treatments authorized_____________
Sugar Division, Agricultural Adjustment Administra tion:
Revision of prorations of quota for foreign coun tries other than Cuba----T itle 10A rm y : W ar D epartment :
Personnel :
Commissioned officers a n d chaplains, appointment in Medical and Dental Corps_________________
T itle 16C ommercial P ractices :
Federal Trade Commission:
Oxol Laboratories, cease and desist order____________
T itle 19 C ustoms D u t ie s :
Bureau of Customs:
Air commerce regulations, correction____________ T itle 26 I nternal R evenue :
Bureau of Internal Revenue:
Capital stock tax, extension of time for filing returns, etc___________________T itle 30M ineral R esources :
Bituminous Coal Division:
Marketing rules and regula tions, filing of analyses T itle 32N ational D efen se :
Office of Production Manage ment:
Priorities orders, interpreta tion, etc.:
Repairs __________________
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Selective Service System:
Disclosure of confidential in formation to American National Red Cross--------

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T itle 37P atents and C opyrights :

Patent Office:
Licenses to file applications for patents in foreign countries______________
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